W45 world indoor record corrected; it belongs to Debaets

My apologies to Corinne Debaets, a W45 miler. A few days ago, I touted a world indoor record of 4:38 for 1500 meters by the UK’s Clare Elms at the British masters nationals. Turns out Clare didn’t set a WR, because Corinne ran an amazing 4:28.13 several weeks earlier (Feb. 22) at an open meet in Gent, Belgium! I learned this from a German friend who referenced the always-up-to-date Eurovets records page by Ivar Soderlind of Sweden. The WMA records page is updated infrequently and didn’t reflect Corinne’s mark.  What a year for the 1500!

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March 10, 2009

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